An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 953
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 953
Su. G. _waern-a_, to defend; _waern_, a fortification.
~Warnstor~, _s._ Provisions laid up in a garrison.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _waern-a_, defendere; and _store_, vectigal.
_To_ WARP, _v. a._
1. To throw.
_Barbour._
2. _To warp wourdis_, to speak, to utter.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _wairp-an_, A. S. _weorp-an_, abjicere.
~Warp~, _s._ A designation in reckoning oysters, denoting four, Loth.
_Stat. Acc._
From _warp_, to throw, to cast.
_To_ ~Warp~, _v. n._ To open.
_Douglas._
_To_ WARP, _v. a._ To surround, to involve.
Isl. _verp-a_, contrahere.
_Douglas._
_To_ WARRACH, _v. n._ (gutt.) To scold, to use abusive language, S.B.
Probably the same with ~Wary~, q. v.
WARRAY, WERRAY, _adj._ True, real.
_Wyntown._
Belg. _waar_, Germ. _wahr_; O. Fr. _ve-raie_, Lat. _ver-us_.
~Warraly~, ~Werraly~, _adv._ Truly.
Belg. _waarlyk_, id.
_Wyntown._
WARREN, _adj._ Of or belonging to the pine tree.
_Douglas._
Belg. _vueren_, id.
WARRER, compar. of _war_, wary.
WARS, _adj._ Worse.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _wairs_, A. S. _wers_, id.
WARSCHE, WERSH, _adj._
1. Insipid to the taste, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Insipid to the mind.
_Cleland._
3. Having a sickly look, S.
V. ~Walsh~.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _versch_, fresh, q. tasteless.
~Warsh-stomachd~, _adj._ Having a delicate or squeamish stomach, S.
_Journ. Lond._
_To_ Wa.r.s.eLL, WERSILL, _v. n._ To wrestle, to strive, S.